ACS-CES Award for Incorporation of Sustainability Into Chemical Education
Award at a Glance
Purpose
To recognize those individuals or groups who have made exemplary contributions to the incorporation of sustainability into chemical education.
Description
The American Chemical Society’s mission is to "Advance scientific knowledge, Empower a global community, and Champion scientific integrity," as part of the Society's new mission and strategic plan a core value is "Sustainability embodying safe ethical and responsible practices." The core values include the goals to "Elevate the reputation of science, Enhance community engagement, Empower scientists, and Deliver innovative solutions to the global scientific enterprise."
These awards seek to recognize those individuals or groups who have made exemplary contributions to this important work. A goal of this recognition program is to facilitate dissemination of important ways in which educators are creatively incorporating sustainability, UN SDGs, green chemistry, and/or systems thinking into their classroom and outreach programs. Therefore, awardees will be expected to present invited talks on their work as part of a symposium at a selected conference.
It is anticipated that four to six different projects will be nationally recognized. In addition, each awardee will receive $1200 toward travel costs of attending the meeting of the awards symposium.
Eligibility
Self-nominations are required. Nominations should clearly demonstrate how the nominee or nominees have contributed to the effective incorporation of sustainability into chemical education. The target audience for the work can be one or more of the following: K-12 students, K-12 teachers, undergraduate students, graduate students, or the general public.
Nominations will be evaluated on the broad criteria of innovation, intellectual merit, and potential for broader impact. Additional important considerations include the extent to which sustainability is an important component of the education work, the extent to which the work supports learning of chemistry, and the overall quality of the design of the nominated work.
Award winners may select to have their material shared with educators nationally and internationally.
Deadline
July 31, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET
How to Apply
Use the Nominate Button to the side to submit a nomination. Completed nominations must include the following information:
- Full contact information (mailing address, phone number, email address).
- A title
- An abstract of no more than 1000 characters.
- A statement of no more than 3000 characters regarding the learning objective(s) for the work nominated, the target audience, and how sustainability has been creatively incorporated to support learning of chemistry through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, green chemistry, and/or systems thinking.
Submission of materials for consideration will be viewed as a commitment by the individual or group to give a presentation at the an ACS-Affiliated meeting if the work submitted is selected for recognition, and to allow the presentation to be posted on the ACS website.
Sponsor
ACS Committee on Environment and Sustainability
Past Recipients
Contact Information
Questions about the recognition program can be directed to:
Dr. Jane Wissinger
CES Awards Program Chair
Email: jwiss@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-9586
